Tag: lifestyle
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Surfs up.
Location: ///pines.similar.helm31°25.79802’S, 152°55.33074’E A few days fleeing north from chilly Canberra. Up at dawn to watch the sun surface. On the lookout met Robert, with his well-worn satchel holding small bunched wildflowers and stones on which he hand-paints messages of peace. 50% crazy, and 50 % prophet, and 100% good company.
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The old ways.
“We tend to think of landscapes as affecting us most strongly when we are in them or on them, when they offer us the primary sensations of touch and sight. But there are also the landscapes we bear with us in absentia, those places that live on in memory long after they have withdrawn in…
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The reasons some people dont stick with a meditation practice (and why others do).
This paper looked at factors affecting meditation persistence in a population of 953 people in the United States (via online surveys). The authors framed “persistence” within two categories: the number of lifetime practice sessions and current practice frequency. The authors of the paper found that people who were first exposed to a meditation practice through…
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4 documents that probably need your attention too.
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” ― Isaac Asimov Kelly and I are preparing for our next road trip in a couple of weeks.We thought it was about time to button up four important things that until now we have left in a perpetual state of half-arsed incompletion. 1. Will. 2.…
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Snapshot at eight.
It’s eight PM.Dinner is done and the washing up of course.Since my evening zazen, I’m feeling restless. Desert was a strong pour-over and six squares of rum and raisin chocolate. Meditation with a chaser of caffeination. Let us see. 20 bazillion movies to choose from on Netflix and I can’t find a single one to…
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First world problems. Part 2.
I recently wrote about our problems after our existing gas heater stopped working: The painful stink of obsolescence. Recap: we have now spent over $15,000 replacing the entire system after a non-replaceable $200 circuit board died (and new models are no longer compatible with our existing ducting). Because: engineered redundancy. Well, the new heating &…
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The Hero’s Journey.
So this movie serendipitously arose in my feed today. At first, I was going to skim right past it, pretty much because I saw the name Deepak Chopra whom I find slightly on the spiritually sketchy side….but for some reason felt compelled to take a look at it despite my biases. And you know what….it…
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